Soft cuff



Nov. 24, 1925. 1,563,180"

A. A. FOURNIER SOFT CUFF Filed May 11. 1925 Patented Nov. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES .ALBERT A. FOURNIER, OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

SOFT CUFF.

Application filed May 11, 1925.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT A. FOURNIER, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residingat Ottawa, in the county of Carleton, Province of Ontario, `Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soft Cuffs, of whichthe following is a speciiication.

This invention pertains to certain new improvements in soft cuits.

The present `invention pertains to that type of soft cuil' in which opposite edges are free for rolling movement, and in the present instance such type of cuit is open at the ends for the ready introduction ot a drying member, each end of the cud' being provided. with aligned button-holes to receive cuit buttons, the stitches of said button-holes, however, not extending through :from side to side of the cuil, but being disposed in the ply or plies ot material upon opposite sides of such culi'. The cuil thus 'formed is non-revoluble in use, the wearing edges left free for such rolling movement being permanent in use in contra-distinction to being free for revolution to bring dilerent wearing surfaces of the cuff into ditferent operative positions. The cuff buttons employed serve to thus limit the revolu-l tion ot' the cuff at the wearing edges.

The cuit may be formed of a single ply of material or of multiple plies, as may be desired, the mode of use and non-revolubil ity oli' the cuflia with permanent edges being maintained in all forms in which the invention may be embodied in practice.

The invention is clearly illustratei'l in the accompanying drawings, which with the numerals of reference marked thereon form a part of this speciiication; and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cuif, one ot the open ends thereof being slightly turned up for the purpose of illustration.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the same as on the line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross section as on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Fig. 4 is a substantially central longitudinal section through a cuff made oi a single ply.

Fig. 5 is a cross section as on the line 5 5 of Figure 4.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Serial No. 29,586.

In carrying out my invention I may make the tubular body portion in any suitable well known way. It may be made in tubular lengths afterward out oit to provide the suitable length cuii', or each separate cuff may be individually formed. This tubular member may be of one single integral piece without seam, or as shown in the present instance, it may be made of a single piece of material having the adjacent edges thereoit folded within each other, as seen at 1--1 in Figure 3, and the edges united by suitable stitches 2, and the tubulary member then turned inside out so that the seam 3V is hardly visible.

The tubular member thus constructed, indicated by numeral 4, as a whole may or may not be provided with a lining. In Figures 1, 2 and 3, I have shown such lining 5, the free edges of which over-lie the inturned edges of the tubular member, as seen best in Figure 3.

In Fig. 4 the tubular member 4L is employed without a lining', the same when formed of a single piece having its abutting edges turned back, as seen at 6, in Figure 5 and stitched as at 7, and the tubular member then turned inside out so as to bring the portions 6--6 within the tubular member.

In all instances the ends of the material forming the cuit are turned inward to form a hem 8, suitable stitches 9 being employed at such ends, as seen clearly in Figures 1 and 2.

Each end of the cult is formed with two aligned button-holes 1() and 11, one 'upon each side ol' the cuil' as seen in Figures 1, Q and 4, but the button-hole stitches olf these button-holes do not extend through from side to side of the cuil' so as to connect the opposite sides together, but as shown clearly in Figures 1, 2, and 4, there is no connection between the opposite faces ot the cuil' at these points. This leaves the opposite edges free 'for rolling movement as will be clearly understood upon referencev to Figures 1, 3 and 5 where 12 is employed to indicate the rounded or rolling edge. y

In practice, however, when the cult is applied to the shirt and the cuff buttons pass through the button-holes in the usual manner, these edges are free for rolling movement within restricted scope so that the cuff as a whole is non-revoluble in use, the wearing edges 12-12 thereof being lill) les permanent in use. This provides for the reversal ofi the Cu'I after one edge has become Worn or soiled.

In addition to the advantages just above described, a enti' thus Constructed may be readily Washed and stretched and dried, dispensing' with the necessity of ironing, the open ends ot the cult permitting of the ready insertion of a substantially fiat member Without obstruction, by which the entf may be stretched or laid in its 'flat Condition and thus insuring that the entf shall be perfectly smooth when driedl` after which the stretching` plate or member may be readily7 Withdrawn.

In the present instance the button-hole stitches at the ends are shown as being at their outer ends extended through the hem ol the enit, as shown clearly yat I3 in Fig'- ures 2 and 4L. This serves to materially strengthen the Culi' at the ends Where the wear and strain occurs by reason of employment o't the eut buttons.

lVhat is claimed as new is:

1. As an improved article olf manufacture, a sott enti' ot tubular form, with opposite edges tree for rolling movement, the entf being open at the ends and each end provided with tivo opposed registering button-holes to receive entf buttons, the stitches otl the button-holes upon one side of the entf beingl disconnected from the other side ot' the cuil', the said entf being` held against revolnble movement in use. n

2. As an improved article of manufacture7 a soft entf ot tubular iorm, with its opposite edges free for rolling movement, the cull? having its opposite sides tree and unattaehed to eaeh other, the cuff thus being entirely open at the ends and eaeh end provided with two opposed registering' button-holes only to receive cuil' buttons, the said cull' being held against revoluble movement in use.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ALBERT A. FOURNIER. 

